🇺🇸 Michai Stephens

Michai Stephens is a professional sportscar driver racing in national multiclass endurance championships. He competes in GT World Challenge America for JMF Motorsports, piloting a GT3 car in the Pro class alongside his co-drivers, and races in Radical Cup NA for Team Stradale in single-driver sprint competition. His FIA rating is Silver, placing him below the full-professional Gold and Platinum grades but among drivers on an upward trajectory in endurance racing. His Racer Rating of 4,482 reflects established professional standing.[1]

Stephens won the 2023 GT4 America Silver class championship with JMF Motorsports in his first indexed season, taking five wins across 15 starts. He has since stepped up to GT World Challenge America's Pro class, where he has taken six wins from 16 starts and 14 podiums across the 2025 and 2026 seasons. In parallel, he has raced seven starts in IMSA Pilot Challenge and one in International GT. His most conspicuous success has come in Radical Cup NA, where he has won seven of nine starts over the 2024 and 2025 seasons and currently sits seventh in the championship after three rounds raced in 2025.[2]

Stephens races regularly against established professionals of similar standing. He and Kenton Koch, a 2025 GT World Challenge America Pro champion and FIA Gold driver with extensive experience across multiple IMSA series, have finished closely matched in head-to-head meetings. He has raced on equal footing with Alex Sedgwick, a fellow Silver-graded driver. His victories include single-race finishes ahead of Corey Heim, an established professional and three-time NASCAR Truck champion, and Bubba Wallace, an established professional with over 330 NASCAR Cup starts. JMF Motorsports has fielded 14 drivers across the index; its strongest competitor, Philip Ellis, is a professional, and the team has accumulated 29 race wins across all its entries.